What is the difference between canada and vancouver?
canada | vancouver |
A country in North America; official name: Canada .
(historical) Lower Canada (also Canada East) or Upper Canada (Canada West), often “the Canadas.”
A family name.
A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
A city in the state of Washington, USA.
A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
canada
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(wikipedia Canada)Proper noun
(s)Synonyms
* America's Hat (humorous) * Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory) * Dominion of Canada (historical) * Great White North (informal) * neighbor to the north (qualifier) * People's Republic of Canada (humorous or derogatory) * Soviet Canuckistan (humorous or derogatory)Derived terms
* Atlantic Canada * blame Canada * Canada balsam * * Canada Day * Canada Dry * = bunchberry Cornus canadensis * Canada East = Lower Canada * Canada Games * Canada goose, Branta canadensis * Canada jay = grey jay * * * * Canada Pension Plan * and its fruit * * Erethizon dorsatum * * Canadarm * * Canada Savings Bond * Canada thistle, * Canada violet, * Canada West = Upper Canada * * Canadian * Canadiana * Canadianism * Canadianize * Canadianist * Canadien * Canadienne * Canajun * Central Canada = Central provinces * French Canada * Lower Canada * O Canada * Upper CanadaReferences
* * Jacques Cartier (1545),Relation originale de Jacques Cartier], Paris: Tross [1863, p 48.
See also
* * * ----vancouver
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Synonyms
* (Canadian city) Hollywood North (informal), Hongcouver (qualifier), Lotusland (informal), No Fun City (qualifier), Raincouver (informal), Vangroovy (informal).Derived terms
* Vancouverish * Vancouverite * Vancouver IslandReferences
*The True Meaning of Vancouver, Joseph Jones, Vancouver Sun'', 1994-12-31, which in turn cites ''Woordenboek der Noord — en Zuidnederlandse plaatsnamen English eponyms ----